RankCountryImports of Fruits of the genera Capsicum/Pimenta, dried/crushed/ground in USD (2010)
1United States$223,521,363
2Malaysia$123,496,815
3Germany$65,434,863
4Spain$63,341,837
5Mexico$55,109,905
6Japan$50,106,847
7Sri Lanka$44,321,519
8Thailand$27,678,258
9United Kingdom$27,379,420
10Korea, South$26,126,879
11Netherlands$21,122,150
12Canada$20,643,630
13France$14,675,676
14Indonesia$14,584,726
15Pakistan$14,519,215
16Russia$14,452,114
17Austria$13,274,752
18Poland$11,995,183
19Belgium$11,413,062
20China$10,288,695
21Hungary$8,991,000
22Singapore$8,904,371
23Czech Republic$8,275,208
24Australia$8,151,622
25Sweden$8,047,706
26Italy$7,983,584
27South Africa$7,896,364
28Switzerland$6,424,079
29Slovakia$5,926,946
30Algeria$5,018,139
31Ukraine$4,992,722
32Denmark$4,456,533
33Portugal$3,484,258
34Romania$3,215,328
35Israel$3,058,000
36Egypt$2,999,071
37Nepal$2,774,098
38Croatia$2,599,018
39Saudi Arabia$2,541,337
40Bulgaria$2,507,407
41Brazil$2,431,552
42Greece$2,363,629
43Norway$2,218,155
44Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,996,365
45Finland$1,915,450
46Estonia$1,847,907
47India$1,845,385
48Turkey$1,793,888
49Ireland$1,681,233
50Slovenia$1,283,776
51New Zealand$1,274,710
52Guatemala$1,262,653
53Bahrain$1,112,283
54El Salvador$1,038,500
55Qatar$1,008,273
56Hong Kong$967,893
57Senegal$953,307
58Costa Rica$923,539
59Oman$917,739
60Zimbabwe$915,266
61Belarus$892,400
62Vietnam$857,600
63Mauritius$845,518
64Philippines$810,017
65Lithuania$701,023
66Maldives$646,897
67Montenegro$633,518
68Chile$614,307
69Latvia$553,354
70Morocco$521,060
71Mali$491,958
72Lebanon$478,960
73Tunisia$465,513
74Argentina$441,004
75Luxembourg$365,018
76Serbia$356,378
77Bhutan$345,526
78Venezuela$299,464
79Georgia$272,579
80Colombia$254,360
81Panama$227,334
82Trinidad and Tobago$211,031
83Syria$195,174
84Iran$193,152
85Jamaica$188,037
86Peru$172,802
87Barbados$156,500
88Jordan$143,766
89Dominican Republic$140,212
90Iceland$111,273
91Moldova$111,173
92Fiji$98,775
93Armenia$93,381
94Yemen$85,001
95Albania$84,639
96Kenya$74,304
97Cyprus$73,892
98Nigeria$66,255
99Malta$61,355
100Niger$51,743
101Ecuador$50,123
102Belize$43,283
103Cape Verde$36,528
104Aruba$35,768
105New Caledonia$35,046
106Zambia$30,073
107Macau$29,414
108Azerbaijan$28,017
109Cote d'Ivoire$26,767
110Bermuda$24,759
111French Polynesia$23,983
112Botswana$19,590
113Samoa$19,409
114Paraguay$18,855
115Nicaragua$16,953
116Antigua and Barbuda$16,866
117Bolivia$14,428
118Cameroon$11,214
119Tanzania$10,519
120Mozambique$10,080
121Uganda$9,425
122Kyrgyzstan$8,459
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$6,457
124Madagascar$6,333
125Suriname$6,191
126Ghana$5,551
127Bahamas, The$5,073
128Malawi$4,907
129Guyana$3,286
130Ethiopia$2,218
131Togo$1,236
132Dominica$1,178
133Burkina Faso$591
134Benin$511
135Cambodia$420
136Sao Tome and Principe$321
137Tonga$320
138Gambia, The$316
139Burundi$32
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$9,817$45,599$36,507$65,222$50,610$84,639$75,447
Algeria$1,458,981$1,174,996$539,904$3,137,413$5,152,041$5,018,139$7,369,254
Anguilla $2,136$2,032$2,070   
Antigua and Barbuda$14,760$18,732$12,660 $19,426$16,866$19,575
Argentina$216,593$243,758$596,211$1,858,548$1,218,697$441,004$1,892,866
Armenia$26,121$23,127$22,626$76,686$97,390$93,381$91,552
Aruba    $23,041$35,768$16,093
Australia$5,334,125$5,586,664$7,092,204$7,332,576$7,968,082$8,151,622$9,908,060
Austria$9,994,284$10,488,428$10,515,044$13,389,446$12,841,462$13,274,752 
Azerbaijan$16,592$5,897$36,972$24,137$16,569$28,017$92,547
Bahamas, The$5,205$9,587$6,960$4,588$3,136$5,073$8,515
Bahrain$144,226$41,617$140,234$337,739$483,732$1,112,283$586,879
Bangladesh$1,793,426$12,688,685$19,842,245    
Barbados$169,377$134,593$150,721$179,723$196,326$156,500$158,063
Belarus$478,400$515,100$535,000$914,900$648,600$892,400$1,195,200
Belgium$6,547,130$8,057,701$11,682,494$14,174,497$11,854,285$11,413,062$14,019,324
Belize$22,307$27,662$35,733$39,709$54,325$43,283 
Benin $386   $511 
Bermuda     $24,759 
Bhutan$161,221$180,393$273,227$281,799$314,876$345,526 
Bolivia$8,114$6,763$14,991$10,117$6,020$14,428$11,418
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,595,511$1,427,445$1,594,809$1,998,698$1,895,031$1,996,365$2,205,349
Botswana$7,925$7,716$138,277$30,723$18,064$19,590$19,570
Brazil$1,391,643$1,470,585$3,222,606$1,990,328$1,684,277$2,431,552$2,956,146
Brunei $204,263     
Bulgaria$293,689$858,684$1,184,851$2,230,838$2,694,974$2,507,407$3,572,223
Burkina Faso  $17,225$5,392$6,494$591 
Burundi$538$904 $281$80$32 
Cambodia$2,302 $22$1,381 $420 
Cameroon$22,932$3,759$8,402$3,388$5,374$11,214 
Canada$12,770,458$18,920,178$16,289,980$18,529,191$19,748,079$20,643,630$23,048,065
Cape Verde$35,111$48,023$61,404$36,613$41,561$36,528$25,256
Central African Republic$2,310$253     
Chile$1,023,882$486,386$575,202$713,362$817,875$614,307$2,069,285
China$2,037,159$757,924$3,936,276$1,791,771$2,115,584$10,288,695$15,085,733
Colombia$180,435$178,125$154,650$368,680$120,949$254,360$174,350
Comoros$12$524$223    
Costa Rica$560,519$334,559$530,396$1,337,588$867,103$923,539$4,315,698
Cote d'Ivoire$9,639$53,010$35,623$16,811$21,957$26,767$19,844
Croatia$2,268,900$2,140,728$2,493,238$3,338,673$2,924,120$2,599,018$3,145,825
Cuba$191,277$191,996     
Cyprus$63,322$57,171$95,098$137,070$94,827$73,892$169,993
Czech Republic$6,126,637$7,502,053$8,023,389$8,873,736$7,882,699$8,275,208$11,093,286
Denmark$3,101,964$3,077,047$3,910,019$3,917,972$4,213,766$4,456,533$4,655,910
Djibouti    $95,165  
Dominica$700$457$733$423$718$1,178 
Dominican Republic$9,662$33,682$57,179$128,254$40,234$140,212$231,032
East Timor$2,637      
Ecuador$15,008$22,059$63,918$24,562$45,021$50,123$49,507
Egypt$253,576$371,712$490,364$2,226,044$6,146,902$2,999,071$1,042,939
El Salvador$711,793$645,152$768,251$717,417$688,758$1,038,500 
Estonia$812,955$806,488$1,136,697$1,706,153$2,103,801$1,847,907$2,759,111
Ethiopia$23,966$30,489$8,670$22,469$4,595$2,218$3,239
Faroe Islands$19,380$15,006$16,578$21,513$25,834  
Fiji$49,746$68,473$87,943$118,154$89,412$98,775 
Finland$1,871,724$1,757,361$2,018,044$1,876,212$1,854,995$1,915,450$2,295,775
France$11,421,182$11,632,650$14,614,648$16,672,540$15,137,057$14,675,676$19,726,241
French Polynesia$11,442$12,767$13,875$31,053$17,045$23,983$24,044
Gabon$6,614$9,045$9,090$12,655$9,641  
Gambia, The$14,024$16,960$28,682$16,628$940$316$1,539
Georgia$59,072$28,669$244,317$244,355$194,123$272,579 
Germany$53,036,000$49,881,000$60,875,000$68,706,000$63,158,000$65,434,863$78,536,767
Ghana$3,558$1,533$2,321$5,595$1,973$5,551$6,565
Greece$1,887,096$1,842,833$2,262,017$3,313,499$2,385,921$2,363,629$3,073,722
Greenland$34,746$29,095$24,566    
Grenada$1,802$3,589$1,541$3,229$3,857  
Guatemala$481,448$518,952$441,452$630,191$824,441$1,262,653$1,717,581
Guinea$1,594  $565   
Guinea-Bissau$92      
Guyana$263$617$762$898$2,456$3,286$3,794
Honduras$73,925$70,484$71,585 $135,245  
Hong Kong$510,977$1,075,299$337,667$853,333$591,252$967,893$1,354,310
Hungary$3,862,000$5,089,000$7,566,000$13,147,000$10,614,000$8,991,000$11,007,000
Iceland$97,792$95,843$121,284$121,202$82,822$111,273$165,611
India$1,354,705$2,377,662$1,364,163$2,184,216$2,646,237$1,845,385$4,852,871
Indonesia$3,508,682$7,167,307$9,110,367$12,040,957$12,131,559$14,584,726$18,186,036
Iran $19,830   $193,152 
Ireland$1,128,315$956,790$1,148,782$1,265,944$1,013,345$1,681,233$1,412,115
Israel$2,358,000$1,400,000$1,648,000$3,715,000$3,545,000$3,058,000$9,203,000
Italy$5,222,037$4,681,760$5,667,776$8,425,572$7,305,335$7,983,584$9,259,802
Jamaica$234,916$226,119$239,030$219,567$189,596$188,037 
Japan$35,580,133$34,798,493$53,160,438$47,708,911$46,153,600$50,106,847$60,222,408
Jordan$15,406$32,873$86,979$69,754$386,473$143,766$279,676
Kazakhstan$118,760$126,247$195,447$271,715$287,105  
Kenya$34,241$9,444$73,692$73,758$57,328$74,304 
Kiribati$257      
Korea, South$18,142,006$16,909,280$21,425,844$19,412,501$16,357,234$26,126,879$49,814,479
Kuwait $658,196$1,340,527$820,805   
Kyrgyzstan$1,529$4,772$2,543$17,937$12,957$8,459$16,416
Latvia$167,165$155,579$153,049$175,504$183,446$553,354$762,936
Lebanon$198,000$369,567$336,061$484,658$513,223$478,960$605,631
Lesotho   $198,548   
Lithuania$283,214$389,495$559,315$653,026$375,786$701,023$658,672
Luxembourg$225,212$214,152$253,571$584,170$620,502$365,018$328,341
Macau$5,076$8,312$11,622$16,469$17,001$29,414$31,559
Macedonia$203,281$106,747$214,944$279,155$440,016 $299,061
Madagascar$1,273$2,011$2,155$5,885$8,650$6,333 
Malawi$5,670$3,822$10,641$5,270$57,040$4,907$7,920
Malaysia$44,282,474$71,450,188$117,764,647$81,778,212$94,715,389$123,496,815$135,532,024
Maldives$255,392$372,021$527,801$544,352$639,604$646,897$907,345
Mali$11,423$22,641$106,698$411,008 $491,958 
Malta$28,153$52,017$55,677$76,914$68,664$61,355 
Mauritius$358,804$353,754$709,476$497,371$692,039$845,518$814,998
Mayotte$2,254$3,092$13,673$6,876$9,952  
Mexico$56,648,265$31,652,760$57,737,922$96,513,800$63,119,180$55,109,905$55,195,950
Moldova$63,246$54,776$58,332$147,745$96,408$111,173$141,355
Mongolia$6,803$3,597$19,316    
Montenegro $187,501$342,280$465,890$673,509$633,518$601,569
Montserrat$3,592$2,463$3,307$3,554$1,652  
Morocco$167,587$162,371$150,621$124,758$1,316,830$521,060 
Mozambique$26,122$6,530$14,116$15,625$14,641$10,080$18,000
Namibia$56,960$11,406$13,258$7,554   
Nepal    $2,382,412$2,774,098 
Netherlands$18,515,774$15,444,932$20,854,111$18,750,119$22,636,004$21,122,150 
Netherlands Antilles$1,198$1,832$3,316$3,870   
New Caledonia$19,381$31,420$27,148$40,355$33,473$35,046$64,106
New Zealand$649,793$696,707$886,033$877,244$911,202$1,274,710$1,531,551
Nicaragua$9,190$5,656$6,386$10,432$19,969$16,953$23,633
Niger$96,370$90,242$95,739$73,083$42,725$51,743$46,424
Nigeria $179,728$589,514$37,701$34,872$66,255 
Norway$1,977,153$1,902,519$2,296,164$2,496,512$2,250,431$2,218,155$2,335,082
Oman$485,579$254,791$710,876$958,713$863,106$917,739 
Pakistan$6,329$33,032$1,479,283$19,564,633$595,359$14,519,215$12,077,665
Panama$69,770$159,027$205,615$222,071$246,025$227,334$336,297
Paraguay$3,324$5,296$4,856$4,838$5,869$18,855$618,770
Peru$30,933$30,353$127,388$63,367$79,516$172,802$314,626
Philippines$471,092$726,746$947,869$1,002,658$974,377$810,017$1,162,840
Poland$9,468,052$9,201,316$11,572,618$13,832,829$11,413,017$11,995,183$14,756,314
Portugal$2,582,481$2,708,985$3,152,873$3,771,854$4,075,196$3,484,258$4,291,939
Qatar$286,445$577,186$658,638$986,899 $1,008,273 
Romania$2,144,212$3,213,151$2,452,632$4,214,015$3,370,765$3,215,328$4,308,921
Russia$3,677,567$4,234,268$5,467,248$10,308,563$11,444,773$14,452,114$15,234,191
Rwanda$513$1,504$5,133$2,961$45 $544
Saint Kitts and Nevis$4,237$18,446$10,795$8,877   
Saint Lucia$8,816$8,681$16,005$14,704   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,662$4,488$8,682$8,661$5,980$6,457 
Samoa $519$2,224$4,966$10,639$19,409$17,188
Sao Tome and Principe$3,434$8,296$1,680$2,810$140$321 
Saudi Arabia$1,277,662$1,587,694$1,773,606  $2,541,337 
Senegal$390,545$171,186$378,841$148,944$340,537$953,307$125,800
Serbia$372,400$253,828$420,163$1,378,112$397,792$356,378$350,838
Seychelles$23,964$29,530$33,561$40,193   
Singapore$5,570,332$6,183,866$7,415,594$7,762,501$7,703,740$8,904,371$11,527,875
Slovakia$3,319,781$2,712,021$4,239,316$6,794,623$5,561,971$5,926,946$6,005,841
Slovenia$806,585$889,227$912,053$1,366,897$1,184,179$1,283,776$1,513,342
South Africa$4,661,927$5,590,315$5,664,964$8,139,022$4,889,704$7,896,364$10,626,189
Spain$58,519,089$40,465,383$50,309,926$69,233,914$67,940,210$63,341,837 
Sri Lanka$16,221,531$26,355,773$37,419,469$41,517,293$42,727,686$44,321,519$82,452,203
Sudan $17,956$45,762$135,967   
Suriname$26,512$20,001$39,754$65,292$19,074$6,191$47,833
Swaziland$3,729$170$2,797    
Sweden$4,943,305$5,205,087$6,152,206$6,474,759$6,722,648$8,047,706$7,947,932
Switzerland$3,976,207$4,103,657$5,297,336$6,358,276$6,356,372$6,424,079$6,679,474
Syria$104,132$535,468$368,164$179,679 $195,174 
Tanzania$4,114$9,840$10,888$6,908$9,415$10,519$17,642
Thailand$17,148,375$19,466,865$27,507,058$19,532,588$25,698,608$27,678,258$25,059,011
Togo  $4,395  $1,236$12,755
Tonga   $1,100$452$320 
Trinidad and Tobago$153,000$183,171$192,814$281,912$179,035$211,031 
Tunisia$197,900$183,145$202,388$260,525$519,030$465,513 
Turkey$703,380$794,455$591,158$1,120,659$2,173,451$1,793,888$1,834,670
Uganda$302$2,491$680$4,099$1,413$9,425 
Ukraine$2,595,289$2,891,294$2,616,043$4,278,400$3,989,357$4,992,722$6,413,265
United Arab Emirates$4,070,712 $6,894,095$9,842,953   
United Kingdom$19,081,046$18,579,833$22,667,991$24,838,316$23,070,892$27,379,420$35,685,760
United States$153,827,372$163,728,161$184,030,938$216,511,345$202,123,056$223,521,363$278,490,090
Uruguay$420,995$331,976$458,112$717,080$429,589  
Vanuatu $3,182$1,231    
Venezuela$311,382$250,736$195,016$340,607$496,648$299,464$38,818
Vietnam$67,037$250,598$395,117$214,149$455,929$857,600 
Wallis and Futuna$236$60     
Yemen$52,239$98,646$97,023$83,349$140,276$85,001$122,597
Zambia$6,618$49,650$27,855$20,175$19,580$30,073 
Zimbabwe$1,781,706$158,526$7,321$1,183$4,256$915,266